Cecilia Bartoli, Diego Fasolis – Steffani: Stabat Mater (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Cecilia Bartoli, Diego Fasolis – Steffani: Stabat Mater (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:32 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

Cecilia Bartoli’s exploration of the music of Steffani continues on from her best-selling recording ‘Mission’ with an album of the celebrated Stabat Mater alongside Steffani’s greatest sacred works for chorus, orchestra and soloists, constituting the most comprehensive collection of Steffani’s sacred choral music on CD. Bartoli leads an array of internationally celebrated singers including countertenor Franco Fagioli, the bass Salvo Vitale and the two young German tenors Daniel Behle and Julian Prégardien. Diego Fasolis conducts the authentic instrument forces of I Barocchisti and the chorus of RSI Lugano

Steffani’s Stabat Mater is his masterpiece, completed shortly before he died in 1728. It has been described as the most powerful expression of his religious fervour and, at almost half an hour, the largest-scale, most complex and heartfelt of his compositions outside his operas. The opening solo “Stabat Mater dolorosa” featured on the ‘Mission’ DVD.

The album is completed by six world premiere recordings of the best of Steffani’s remaining sacred music, including Sperate in Deo and Laudate Pueri. These are scored for orchestra, chorus and soloists featuring two young baroque-specialist sopranos Nuria Rial and Yetzabel Arias Fernandez alongside Behle, Pregardien and Vitale.

Also amongst these world premieres is Non plus me Ligate, a seven-minute solo motet for Cecilia Bartoli.

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Stefano Di Battista – Morricone Stories (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Stefano Di Battista – Morricone Stories (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:36 minutes | 671 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © WM Germany

The new album by saxophonist Stefano Di Battista is an authentic tribute to Ennio Morricone’s film music.Di Battista plays with the master’s themes as if they were magical matter, substance of that special and mysterious area of music that almost inexplicably fills our soul. The choice in some cases falls on marginal themes, or rather less famous or forgotten films, such as Veruschka or what you did to Solange, to dig better into a repertoire still to be discovered (Morricone has worked on the music of more than five hundred films). Then of course there is the enjoyment of pure and listen to the themes that we know very well that they become perfect jazz standards, such as Metti una sera a cena, swinging and ironic, or The good the bad and the ugly, who reveals himself as a duel of improvisations, with the sax, who takes the part of that brief hint of notes that at the beginning he was inspired by the verse of the coyote, before splitting up in the emotion of the purest of the Theme of Deborah There was a time in America, which is one of the most beautiful inventions of Morricone. Not to mention the delicate reinterpretation of the mission, with an elegant passage from the original oboe to the soprano sax, until the surprise of an unpublished, a piece entitled Flora, which the Maestro gave to Di Battista.

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Stefano Cascioli – Pennisi: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stefano Cascioli – Pennisi: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:02 minutes | 650 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Stradivarius

This recording contains Francesco Pennisi’s (Acireale, 11 February 1934 – Rome, 8 October 2000) complete works for solo piano, according to the latest catalogue. The piano compositions have rarely been performed and studied even less frequently, for many reasons. They are concise and liberated at first sight from a serious commitment to composition and open to ‘other’ dimensions compared to his main production, since they unfold playfully, almost with nostalgia. This recording not only has the merit of restoring Pennisi’s piano repertoire to its full entirety for the first time, but it illustrates its due importance in the composer’s active pursuit of an underlying texture of echoes, sounds, and resonances.

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Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (Expanded Edition) (1964/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (Expanded Edition) (1964/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:12:08 minutes | 2,21 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Venus Records

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark, four-time Grammy Award winning jazz album GETZ/GILBERTO which single-handedly ignited the international bossa nova craze with such hits as “The Girl From Ipanema” and “Corcovado”. This anniversary celebrate with the release of GETZ/GILBERTO: Expanded Edition. It includes U.S. single versions of the widely popular hits as well as a newly remastered version of the jazz/bossa nova classic album in both mono and stereo, with the mono version making its CD debut and the stereo album in its original left-right configuration for the first time since its vinyl release!

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Stefan van Nederpelt – Orange White Yellow Green (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stefan van Nederpelt – Orange White Yellow Green (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 20:37 minutes | 335 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © iMD-FromTheCave

Although the idea came much earlier, it must have been somewhere around 2015 when I decided to finally commit to making an album completely focused on bass guitar. No more competing for frequencies with the other instruments, just bass guitars sounding as natural as possible. Using simple but effective compositions and various playing styles. Freedom!

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Stefan Tauber – Beethoven: Canons & Musical Jokes (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Stefan Tauber – Beethoven: Canons & Musical Jokes (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 54:50 minutes | 979 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos

One of the least explored areas of Beethoven’s compositions is the miscellaneous sequence of canons, early exercises in counterpoint, mature jokes and jeux d’esprit that he wrote over many years. He composed a two-part canon for the composer Hummel in 1816 and in 1823 one for four voices (written in a tavern) for Count Lichnowsky. He also wrote birthday and Christmas greetings for colleagues and friends, and songs that punned on recipients’ names or poked fun at them.

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Stefan Grasse & Corinna Schreiter – Leise flehen meine Lieder (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Stefan Grasse & Corinna Schreiter – Leise flehen meine Lieder (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:05 minutes | 585 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Galileo Music Communication

One might hardly believe it, but Corinna Schreiter and Stefan Grasse are only now, after years of cooperation, presenting their first CD together.

Thematically, they have completely immersed themselves in the German-language romantic song and compiled familiar, but also wonderful new discoveries knowledgeably. The title “Leise flehen meine Lieder”, taken from the song “Ständchen”, describes very aptly the intimate mood of this album.

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Stefan Dettl – Soultrain (Live Konzert-Stereotonbandmitschnitt) (Live Konzert-Stereobandmitschnitt) (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Stefan Dettl – Soultrain (Live Konzert-Stereotonbandmitschnitt) (Live Konzert-Stereobandmitschnitt) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 52:08 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Soul, R&B, Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Deutschland

Es ist kalt in Harlem, New York als Stefan Dettl im Winter mit seinem Trompetenkoffer vor dem verschlossenem Apollo Theater steht. Dort wo Soul-Größen wie James Brown oder Aretha Franklin legendäre Konzerte gaben und die Fans in Extase versetzten, blickt der Chiemgauer auf die großen körnigen Fotoaufnahmen in der Eingangshalle, die immer noch den warmen Glanz jener MoTown-Zeit versprüht. Von München nach New York in einer Nacht: „Einmal in einem kleinen Soul Club in New York zu spielen ohne rauszufliegen” so war die Zielsetzung für das Soultrain- Album, welches Stefan Dettl samt brillianter Bigband ein paar Monate später beim Release Konzert in der ausverkauften Muffathalle in München am 19.03. präsentierte. Der Abend wurde detailverliebt auf einem analogen Tonbandgerät aufgezeichnet und wird am 26.08. digital veröffentlicht.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 18: Erich Kleiber (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 18: Erich Kleiber (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:04:04 minutes | 588 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 17: Hans Knappertsbusch (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 17: Hans Knappertsbusch (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:08:48 minutes | 666 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 9: Grzegorz Fitelberg, Wilhelm Furtwängler (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 9: Grzegorz Fitelberg, Wilhelm Furtwängler (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:11:40 minutes | 583 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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Sknail – Mutation (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Sknail – Mutation (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:06 minutes | 540 MB | Genre: Jazz, Electronic, Experimental
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Unit Records

For their third album “Mutation”, SKNAIL continues the exploration of their pioneering avant-garde glitch jazz by integrating into the band female vocalist Billie Bird, a bandoneon player, and a guest drummer on one of the tracks. This time, more than ever with the fusion of timbres and styles of the past and future, they are taking jazz to unexplored territories. These musical mutations will be part of the new 10 tracks album.

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Staatskapelle Dresden & Jeffrey Tate – Beethoven: Sinfonie No. 7 / Die Weihe des Hauses (Remastered) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Staatskapelle Dresden & Jeffrey Tate – Beethoven: Sinfonie No. 7 / Die Weihe des Hauses (Remastered) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 58:43 minutes | 556 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Eterna

The Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice. The work is dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries.

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Steely Dan – NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: STEELY DAN LIVE (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Steely Dan – NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: STEELY DAN LIVE (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:18 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen

The first live Steely Dan album in over 25 years. Featuring “Hey Nineteen,” “Aja,” “Reelin’ in the Years” and more.

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St. Salvator’s Chapel Choir, Tom Wilkinson – Annunciations (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

St. Salvator’s Chapel Choir, Tom Wilkinson – Annunciations (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:20 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SANCTIANDREE

‘Annunciations’ celebrates Sir James MacMillan’s ongoing contributions to sacred music, performed by St Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Alongside five of his own pieces, the album includes works by two decisive influences on MacMillan, Benjamin Britten and Kenneth Leighton; two significant contemporaries, John Tavener and Judith Bingham; and six next generation composers mentored by Sir James on the TheoArtistry Composers’ Scheme, a collaboration between ITIA (the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts), the Music Centre, and St Salvator’s Chapel Choir, in the University of St Andrews.

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